Students! Scholarships are available for Conference registration and travel.

Linn Mills ScholarshipLinn Mills was a founding Father of the Desert Green Foundation, brilliant horticulturist, and life-long supporter of horticulture education. In honorarium, the Desert Green Foundation offers scholarship awards to students enrolled in higher education pursuits.

Application Criteria:

Applicant must be currently attending an accredited university in pursuit of a certificate and/or degree in Agricultural Science (includes horticulture, landscape, agronomy, irrigation, architecture, arboriculture, etc.).

enrolled in a minimum of 6 units of related classes per quarter/semester

in good academic standing maintaining a minimum of a “C” grade in each class currently attending

showing an overall GPA of 2.5 for all courses completed within the major course of study thus far

Important Dates:

September 6th - Application process opens

October 1st - Application deadline

October 8th - Recipients notified

Fortier Excellence in Education Scholarship (FEES)Joe Fortier was one of the founding members of the Desert Green Foundation. Joe was a highly regarded member of the landscape irrigation industry throughout the Desert Southwest and a tireless advocate of continued education for industry professionals. The Fortier Excellence in Education Scholarship (FEES) award will allow the awardee/s to attend the annual Desert Green conference to accept the Linn Mills Scholarship award. FEES will pay for both days and cover all registration fees for educational sessions, meals, handouts, and entrance to the trade show. Travel and lodging will be included for out-of-the area recipients.

What attendees are saying....

"What is always impressive is when the speakers bring their own research or valuable experiences to the talk, or the recent events and information that moves everyone's knowledge base farther along. Jim Downer is reliable for that. J. Soule speaks from own experiences."

"It was all around excellent!""Always a good conference."

"This was my first-year attending. it was well planned and coordinated"

Texas Station Hotel & Conference Center2101 Texas Star Lane, North Las Vegas, NVGreat discounts for 2019 will be available in June 0f 2019